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Trump’s tariff pause is terrible for democracy

AOL 10 Apr 2025
In short ... Where are the Ralph Naders and Tony Benns of today? ... This phenomenon was spotted by Tony Benn in the 1960s, when he found that whatever policy he wanted to follow, as an elected representative, he first had to run it past unelected money men.
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Serf’s Up: How Britain Caught the Wave of Willing Submission

The Daily Sceptic 07 Apr 2025
From Enoch Powell to Tony Benn, figures from very different ends of the spectrum have, for their own reasons, questioned whether the arrangement was truly in Britain’s best interest or merely a gilded leash.
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Tony Benn, bogeyman to some, beacon of hope and light to many

The Spectator 03 Apr 2025
Among the most striking things about Tony Benn was his friendship with Enoch Powell ... For Benn, politicians were ‘weathercocks’ or ‘signposts’, and Powell, like himself, was the latter ... Melissa Benn’s ...
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Billy Bragg marks Tony Benn’s 100th birthday by posing his “five questions to ask the ...

NME 03 Apr 2025
Billy Bragg has marked former Labour politician Tony Benn’s would-be 100th birthday by posing his “five questions to ask the powerful” to Elon Musk ... “Tony Benn spoke his mind and spoke up for his values.
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Tony Benn Taught Us That Every Generation Must Struggle for Radical Democracy

The Nation 03 Apr 2025
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Save our peers: what’s so wrong with the hereditary principle?

AOL 29 Mar 2025
... passed to a second or third or even a fourth generation, not the least of which are the Benns. Even those who share next to none of Tony Benn’s politics will acknowledge that he was a great politician.
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Save our peers: what's so wrong with the hereditary principle?

The Daily Telegraph 29 Mar 2025
... passed to a second or third or even a fourth generation, not the least of which are the Benns. Even those who share next to none of Tony Benn’s politics will acknowledge that he was a great politician.
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David Williams, union leader who took on the Conservative government over nurses' pay – obituary

The Daily Telegraph 27 Mar 2025
He was elected at the party’s 1981 Brighton conference, as Tony Benn failed to oust Denis Healey as deputy leader by the thinnest of margins.
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Will Rachel Reeves’s tough decisions pay off? Our panel on the spring statement

The Observer 26 Mar 2025
Putting warfare over welfare will never be forgiven, even if growth follows. Polly Toynbee. Guardian columnist ... Everything from now on depends on getting spades in the ground fast enough for this unprecedented capital investment ... Blame Tony Benn ... Share ... .
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